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20202026
most citedEntanglement of Nanophotonic Quantum Memory Nodes in a Telecom Network

299 citations · 771 across the 23 of their papers we have counts for

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23 papers

physics.optics2026

Understanding Intrinsic Loss in Thin-Film Lithium Niobate Ring Resonators via Adiabatic Coupling

Xinrui Zhu, Hana K. Warner, Yunxiang Song +2

Thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) has emerged as a versatile integrated photonics platform, combining strong electro-optic and nonlinear effects. Among TFLN devices, ring resonators…

physics.optics2025

Strong-coupling and high-bandwidth cavity electro-optic modulation for advanced pulse-comb synthesis

Tianqi Lei, Yunxiang Song, Yanyun Xue +3

Cavity electro-optic (EO) modulation plays a pivotal role in optical pulse and frequency comb synthesis, supporting a wide range of applications including communication, computing,…

physics.optics2025

Wireless millimeterwave electro-optics on thin film lithium niobate

A. Gaier, K. Mamian, S. Rajabali +6

The rapid growth of global data traffic is accelerating the need for ultra-broadband communication technologies, particularly in cloud infrastructure and emerging 6G wireless syste…

physics.optics2025

A sub-volt near-IR lithium tantalate electro-optic modulator

Keith Powell, Dylan Renaud, Xudong Li +4

We demonstrate a low-loss integrated electro-optic Mach-Zehnder modulator in thin-film lithium tantalate at 737 nm, featuring a low half-wave voltage-length product of 0.65 V$\cdot…

physics.optics2025

Robust Poling and Frequency Conversion on Thin-Film Periodically Poled Lithium Tantalate

Anna Shelton, C. J. Xin, Keith Powell +4

We explore a robust fabrication process for periodically-poled thin-film lithium tantalate (PP-TFLT) by systematically varying fabrication parameters and confirming the quality of…

physics.optics2024★ 8 cited

Integrated lithium niobate photonic computing circuit based on efficient and high-speed electro-optic conversion

Yaowen Hu, Yunxiang Song, Xinrui Zhu +24

Here we show a photonic computing accelerator utilizing a system-level thin-film lithium niobate circuit which overcomes this limitation. Leveraging the strong electro-optic (Pocke…

physics.optics2024★ 2 cited

Large-area photonic circuits for terahertz detection and beam profiling

A. Tomasino, A Shams-Ansari, M. Lončar +1

Deployment of terahertz communication and spectroscopy systems relies on the availability of low-noise and fast detectors, with plug-and-play capabilities. However, most currently…

physics.optics2024★ 1 cited

A Thin Film Lithium Niobate Near-Infrared Platform for Multiplexing Quantum Nodes

Daniel Assumpcao, Dylan Renaud, Aida Baradari +7

Practical quantum networks will require quantum nodes consisting of many memory qubits. This in turn will increase the complexity of the photonic circuits needed to control each qu…

physics.app-ph2024★ 25 cited

Wavelength-accurate and wafer-scale process for nonlinear frequency mixers in thin-film lithium niobate

C. J. Xin, Shengyuan Lu, Jiayu Yang +11

Recent advancements in thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) photonics have led to a new generation of high-performance electro-optic devices, including modulators, frequency combs, and…

physics.optics2024★ 5 cited

Integrated electro-optics on thin-film lithium niobate

Yaowen Hu, Di Zhu, Shengyuan Lu +13

Electro-optics serves as the crucial bridge between electronics and photonics, unlocking a wide array of applications ranging from communications and computing to sensing and quant…

physics.optics2024★ 63 cited

Octave-spanning Kerr soliton frequency combs in dispersion- and dissipation-engineered lithium niobate microresonators

Yunxiang Song, Yaowen Hu, Xinrui Zhu +2

Dissipative Kerr solitons from optical microresonators, commonly referred to as soliton microcombs, have been developed for a broad range of applications, including precision measu…

physics.optics2024★ 2 cited

Twenty-nine million Intrinsic Q-factor Monolithic Microresonators on Thin Film Lithium Niobate

Xinrui Zhu, Yaowen Hu, Shengyuan Lu +7

The recent emergence of thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) has extended the landscape of integrated photonics. This has been enabled by the commercialization of TFLN wafers and advan…

physics.optics2024★ 1 cited

Integrated resonant electro-optic comb enabled by platform-agnostic laser integration

Isaac Luntadila Lufungula, Amirhassan Shams-Ansari, Dylan Renaud +7

The field of integrated photonics has significantly impacted numerous fields including communication, sensing, and quantum physics owing to the efficiency, speed, and compactness o…

physics.optics2023★ 22 cited

Cross-Polarized Stimulated Brillouin Scattering in Lithium Niobate Waveguides

Caique C. Rodrigues, Nick J. Schilder, Roberto O. Zurita +7

We report on the experimental demonstration of cross-polarization backward stimulated Brillouin scattering (BSBS) in lithium niobate on insulator (LNOI) waveguides. Performing pola…

quant-ph2023★ 9 cited

Coherent control of a superconducting qubit using light

Hana K. Warner, Jeffrey Holzgrafe, Beatriz Yankelevich +15

Quantum communications technologies require a network of quantum processors connected with low loss and low noise communication channels capable of distributing entangled states. S…

quant-ph2023★ 299 cited

Entanglement of Nanophotonic Quantum Memory Nodes in a Telecom Network

Can M. Knaut, Aziza Suleymanzade, Yan-Cheng Wei +14

A key challenge in realizing practical quantum networks for long-distance quantum communication involves robust entanglement between quantum memory nodes connected via fiber optica…

physics.optics2023★ 1 cited

Frequency comb generation via synchronous pumped resonator on thin-film lithium niobate

Rebecca Cheng, Mengjie Yu, Amirhassan Shams-Ansari +4

Resonator-based optical frequency comb generation is an enabling technology for a myriad of applications ranging from communications to precision spectroscopy. These frequency comb…

cond-mat.mes-hall2022★ 62 cited

Sensing the local magnetic environment through optically active defects in a layered magnetic semiconductor

Julian Klein, Zhigang Song, Benjamin Pingault +14

Atomic-level defects in van der Waals (vdW) materials are essential building blocks for quantum technologies and quantum sensing applications. The layered magnetic semiconductor Cr…

cond-mat.mes-hall2022★ 165 cited

The bulk van der Waals layered magnet CrSBr is a quasi-1D material

Julian Klein, Benjamin Pingault, Matthias Florian +21

Correlated quantum phenomena in one-dimensional (1D) systems that exhibit competing electronic and magnetic order are of strong interest for studying fundamental interactions and e…

physics.optics2021★ 6 cited

Femtosecond Pulse Generation via an Integrated Electro-Optic Time Lens

Mengjie Yu, Christian Reimer, David Barton +12

Integrated femtosecond pulse and frequency comb sources are critical components for a wide range of applications. The leading approaches for on-chip pulse generation rely on mode l…

quant-ph2021★ 6 cited

Roadmap on Integrated Quantum Photonics

Galan Moody, Volker J. Sorger, Daniel J. Blumenthal +52

Integrated photonics is at the heart of many classical technologies, from optical communications to biosensors, LIDAR, and data center fiber interconnects. There is strong evidence…

physics.app-ph2020★ 14 cited

High-Q Lithium Niobate Microcavities and Their Applications

Cheng Wang, Mian Zhang, Marko Lončar

Lithium niobate (LN) is an excellent nonlinear optical and electro-optic material that has found many applications in classical nonlinear optics, optical fiber communications and q…

physics.app-ph2020★ 80 cited

An integrated lithium-niobate electro-optic platform for spectrally tailored dual-comb spectroscopy

Amirhassan Shams-Ansari, Mengjie Yu, Zaijun Chen +4

A high-resolution broad-spectral-bandwidth spectrometer on a chip would create new opportunities for gas-phase molecular fingerprinting, especially in environmental sensing. A reso…